#oneplaything @ V&A Dundee

The Playful Chalkscape is an installation designed by Lynn Love and Mona Bozdog, which was commissioned by V&A Dundee as part of the Now Accepting Contactless: Design in a Global Pandemic exhibition. The Playful Chalkscape is inspired by the research and practice of both Lynn and Mona who are lecturers at Abertay University, particularly their involvement with the online play movement #oneplaything.

The playful chalkscape was curated by Kirsty Hassard and Lauren Bassam and installed by Lynn Love, Mona Bozdog, John Bruin, Robin Griffiths, Jek and Tanith, supported by John Louden. The supporting #oneplaything website was created by Danny Parker. Playtesting was undertaken by the lovely families at Home Start Dundee.

Lynn is a game design lecturer and designer based at Abertay University in Dundee, UK with a passion for bringing people together through play whether digital, physical or somewhere in-between. As part of the collective Smash it Open and See What's Inside and Abertay Game Lab she has created a number of multiplayer video game experiences that focus on social play including one which involves wearing a poncho for three people and another which is played in a tent. She almost always has chalk in her pocket, just in case, and is a little obsessed with projectors. She can be found @toadrick.

Mona uses her background in theatre to design games which respond to places and people. She enjoys creating hybrid forms of storytelling, performative games, mixed-reality and multi-media experiences and games for public spaces and heritage sites.She is currently exploring the potential of games for capturing, preserving and sharing lived experience and herstories. If you want to find out more about Mona's work or chat about any of these things, you can get in touch @MonaBozdog.